If you don't read "Outposts," Timothy Egan's blog for The New York Times, give a shot. His entries are crisp portraits of American life - politics, the economy and sports, of course - and issues from the viewpoint of an American who has spent considerable time outside our borders. (lormagins, this is so you.)

Here's a bit from a recent entry about the ( Read more... )

The "Family Guy" bit of God-as-Flash Gordon was amazing.

And speaking of Queen ... Queen's formula for writing the "Flash Gordon" and "Highlander" theme songs: Strong start, gay middle, strong finish with a pinch of gay.

Here's "Flash" (Boom! Ah-aaaaahhh!):

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And here's "Princes of the Universe":

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Are you sick of these Chevy ads? I get it, Howie ( Read more... )

CNN.com now has a new feature that allows you to make a T-shirt with a headline from the site on itI definitely would want a T-shirt that reads RUSSIAN MISSILE OBLITERATES SPY PLANE ( Read more... )

Today I got an e-mail, since I am an Esquire reader, to participate in Hearst Mags corporate partner Cosmopolitan's sex survey for men.

Dear Lord, do they know what they've done?

I haven't taken it yet, but I'll post my answers here.

Speaking of Esquire: they put Jessica Simpson on its cover. And here I thought this was the magazine for men with ( Read more... )

I am back from We Media, and bow howdy it was an experience.

I heard a lot, learned a lot, met a ton of interesting people, and overall had a smashing good time. The basics of We Media comes from the concept - published the report "We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information", written by Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis ( Read more... )

Ah, what a day ( Read more... )